Kris Allen, The Truth (combined total of all versions) (4,000 for the week/54,000 total)David Cook, Come Back to Me (1,000/489,000)David Cook, Light On (1,000/1.086 million)David Cook, Time of My Life (1,000/1.348 million)Danny Gokey, I Will Not Say Goodbye (1,000/13,000)Allison Iraheta, Don't Waste the Pretty (combined total of all versions) (4,000 total)Jordin Sparks, Battlefield (3,000/1.483 million)Jordin Sparks, No Air (2,000/3.12 million)Carrie Underwood, Jesus, Take the Wheel (2,000/1.681 million)Carrie Underwood, So Small (1,000/882,000)

I'd also like to note the passing of legendary Nashville songwriter Hank Cochran on Thursday. Hank was not only a great songwriter, he was a great person, and I had the pleasure of interviewing him a couple of times. His catalog of hits is simply staggering: Patsy Cline's I Fall to Pieces and She's Got You, George Strait's The Chair and Ocean Front Property, Eddy Arnold's Make the World Go Away, Merle Haggard's It's Not Love But It's Not Bad, and Ray Price and Ronnie Milsap's Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me. And that's just for starters.

In Hank's memory, this week's video is of Milsap and Marty Stuart's band performing Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me on RFD-TV's The Marty Stuart Show.

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About Brian Mansfield

Nashville-based Brian Mansfield began writing about music for USA TODAY in 1997 and took over Idol Chatter just before the start of Season 8. He co-authored Make Me a Star: Industry Insiders Reveal How to Make It in Music, and while he has never auditioned for American Idol, he did sing Boot Scootin' Boogie at Disney World's American Idol Experience the day the attraction opened (he lost). More about Brian | E-mail Brian